The following Special Prizes were also awarded:A SPECIAL AWARD FOR AN OUTSTANDING INTERPRETATION OF CONTEMPORARY MUSICprovided and granted by the Chair of Choral and Ensemble Conducting of the Karol Lipiński Academy of Music in Wrocław, goes to:

IZABELA POLAKOWSKA-RYBSKA (Poland)

THE ZYGMUNT GABRIEL URBANYI AWARDFOR THE BEST REHEARSALOF A WORK BY KAROL SZYMANOWSKIgranted by Prof. Zofia Urbanyi-Krasnodębska, goes to:

LINAS BALANDIS (Lithuania)

AN AWARD FOR THE BEST REHEARSAL PERFORMANCE OF THE POLISH EARLY MUSICprovided and granted by the Jury Chair,Prof. Marta Kierska-Witczak, goes to:

KAORU TANI (Austria)

AN AWARD FOR THE BEST INTERPRETATIONOF A PIECE INSPIRED BY ITALIAN POETRYgranted by Monika Kwiatosz, the Honorary Consul of the Italian Republic,goes to:

MAGDALENA LIPSKA (Poland)

A SPECIAL AWARD- a set of scores-for the winner of the First Prize provided by Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne Edition goes to:

LINAS BALANDIS (Lithuania)

A SPECIAL AWARD of a concert project with the NFM Choirprovided by the National Forum of Music goes to:

KAORU TANI (Austria)

THE COMPETITION CHOIR AWARDprovided and granted by members of the Academic Choir Feichtinumof the Karol Lipiński Academy of Music in Wrocław goes to:

LINAS BALANDIS (Lithuania)

A SPECIAL AWARDprovided and granted by the Chair of Choral Conducting and the members of the Choir of the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Musicin Katowice goes to: